Behala Purba Assembly constituency

Behala Purba
Constituency No. 153 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Behala Purba Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Established1951
Total electors308,157
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Behala Purba Assembly constituency (earlier known as Behala East Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Behala Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Borough Ward No. Councillor 2021 Winner
XIII 115 Ratna Sur Trinamool Congress
116 Krishna Singh
117 Amit Singh
120 Susanta Ghosh
XIV 121 Rupak Ganguly
XIII 122 Soma Chakraborty
XVI 123 Sudip Polley
124 Rajib Kumar Das
142 Raghunath Patra
143 Christina Biswas
144 Shefali Pramanik

Behala Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
Behala
1952 Biren Roy All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
1957 Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India
1962
Behala East
1967 Niranjan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
1971
1972 Indrajit Majumdar Indian National Congress
1977 Niranjan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991 Kumkum Chakraborti
1996
2001 Parash Dutta Trinamool Congress
2006 Kumkum Chakraborti Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Purba

Behala Purba (since 2011)

# Portrait Name (born – died) Tenure in office Political Party Election
From To Time in office
1 Sovan Chaterjee 20 May 2011 8 May 2021 9 years, 353 days Trinamool Congress 2011
2016
2 Ratna Chaterjee 8 May 2021 7 May 2026 4 years, 364 days 2021
3 Sankar Sikder
(born 1979)		 13 May 2026 Incumbent 183 days Bharatiya Janata Party 2026

Election results

2026

In the 2026 elections, Sankar Sikder of the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated his nearest rival Subhasish Chakraborty of the TMC by 25,137 votes and by 10.72% of votes ending the 15- year rule of TMC in the constituency. The BJP gained 16.07% votes whereas the TMC lost 11.51% votes as compared to the 2021 elections. The CPI (M) lose -4.23% votes as compared to the 2021 elections by scoring just 9.37% of votes.

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Purba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sankar Sikder 115,502 49.22 +16.07
AITC Subhasish Chakraborty 90,365 38.50 −11.51
CPI(M) Dr Nilay Majumdar 21,991 9.37 −4.23
NOTA None of the above 1,635 0.7 −0.58
Majority 25,137 10.72 −6.14
Turnout 234,687 90.31 +18.34
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Purba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ratna Chatterjee 110,968 50.01
BJP Payel Sarkar 73,540 33.15
CPI(M) Samita Har Chowdhury 30,172 13.6
NOTA None of the above 2,835 1.28
Majority 37,428 16.86
Turnout 221,872 71.97
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Purba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovan Chatterjee 96,621 47.33
Independent Ambikesh Mahapatra 72,327 35.43
BJP Chandra Bhan Singh 21,854 10.71
SS Sumit Banerjee 3,649 1.79
None of the Above None of the above 3,919 1.92
Majority 24,294 11.90
Turnout 2,05,294 73.83
AITC hold Swing



2011

In 2011 Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kumkum Chakraborty of CPI(M),

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Behala Purba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovan Chatterjee 1,16,709 60.28 +14.33
CPI(M) Kumkum Chakraborty 68,536 35.40 −15.33
BJP A. Biswajit Naidu 3,692 1.91
BSP Indrajit Kumar Halder 1,170 0.60
IND Tarun Kanti Das 1,131 0.58
Majority 48,173 24.88
Turnout 1,94,208 79.79
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 30.50#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.



2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Kumkum Chakraborti of Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Behala East assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Sovan Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Parash Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) in 2001. Kumkum Chakraborti of CPI(M) defeated Sonali Guha of Congress in 1996, and Sailen Dasgupta of Congress in 1991. Niranjan Mukherjeee of CPI(M) defeated Debashis Bhattacharya of Congress in 1987, Balaram Goswami of Congress in 1982, and Indrajit Mazumdar of Congress in 1977.



1972

Indrajit Majumdar of Congress won the Behala East seat in 1972. Niranjan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1952, Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ The two present - day Constituencies; Behala Purba and Behala Paschim was undivided and therefore had 1 MLA at a time.
  2. ↑ The constituency was bifurcated into two constituencies. One was named Behala East (this one) and the other one was named Behala West. Since then two separate MLAs rule the two constituencies.
  3. ↑ The constituency was renamed as Behala Purba whereas the Behala West Assembly Constituency was renamed as Behala West.
  4. ↑ Contested the 2026 in Behala Paschim, but lost to Indranil Khan
  5. ↑ Position was vacant from 7 May 2026 to 13 May 2026

Citations

  1. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "112 – Behala East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.